{"id":302,"date":"2012-02-19T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2012\/02\/19\/weekly-writing-check-in-lost-my-mind-anybody-got-a-net\/"},"modified":"2012-02-19T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T14:04:00","slug":"weekly-writing-check-in-lost-my-mind-anybody-got-a-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2012\/02\/19\/weekly-writing-check-in-lost-my-mind-anybody-got-a-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Check-In: Lost my mind &#8211; anybody got a net?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-KaqcFV98Di0\/T0D9z-dWMOI\/AAAAAAAAAdA\/e8HMawbyho0\/s1600\/eggdrama.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-KaqcFV98Di0\/T0D9z-dWMOI\/AAAAAAAAAdA\/e8HMawbyho0\/s320\/eggdrama.JPG?resize=320%2C270\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">This is your brain on fail.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Well, haven&#8217;t really &#8220;lost my mind&#8221;. I&#8217;ve just got a lot of stressful stuff going on. As most of you know I live in Japan until April, when I&#8217;m moving me and all the crap I&#8217;ve accumulated (well, the stuff that <i>matters<\/i>) back to the States. Until then, I have people coming to visit, and a lot, and I mean a <i>lot<\/i> of legal paperwork and errands to run to make sure I stay legal here. Needless to say, lots of stressful cleaning, lots of stressful run-ins with no-English government officials, lots of phone calls, and oh yeah, running around half the area to fill in at schools because the plague is wiping out everyone around here.<\/p>\n<p>Bleh. I have time to write, but stress is such a mood killer. Not to say I haven&#8217;t been writing. Been doing my usual 500-1000 words every day (usually 500 before going to bed and 500 the next day, repeat) and settling down for editing again starting in March when I get back from my business trip.So, I&#8217;ve just been really, really busy. Trying to stay &#8220;upbeat&#8221; in the sense of not getting too run down and keeping my eyes on the prize, so to speak. It&#8217;s amazing what motivation can help you punch through.<\/p>\n<p>Now excuse me, everyone, I need to go obsess over some paperwork and rework my schedule AGAIN because an old friend wants to drop by the day I was originally going to go renew my work visa. To the planner!&#8230; \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is your brain on fail. Well, haven&#8217;t really &#8220;lost my mind&#8221;. I&#8217;ve just got a lot of stressful stuff going on. As most of you know I live in Japan until April, when I&#8217;m moving me and all the crap I&#8217;ve accumulated (well, the stuff that matters) back to the States. 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